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Syracuse hires Kip Wellman as director of basketball operations

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Kip Wellman, then a Syracuse graduate assistant, talks to Jonny Flynn after the fifth overtime in the six-overtime game against Connecticut in the 2009 Big East tournament.
(Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Kip Wellman, a former graduate assistant for the Syracuse University basketball team, has returned to the school as the director of basketball operations.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim made the announcement Friday morning.

Wellman replaces Tim O'Toole, who joined the SU basketball program midway through the past season but left the university last month to become an assistant coach at Stanford. O'Toole had taken over for Stan Kissel, who had abruptly resigned his post in mid-December.

Wellman was previously at Syracuse for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. During that time, he was a graduate assistant and earned his master's degree in education.

He left Syracuse after the 2008-09 season to become the director of player development at Western Kentucky. He was later promoted to assistant coach. He stayed at Western Kentucky through the 2011-12, but was out of college basketball last season after WKU underwent a coaching change.

As the director of basketball operations, Wellman will manage the operation of the men's basketball office, coordinate the team's travel, serve as the liaison with department support services, assist in the management of Syracuse basketball camps and clinics, and coordinate recruiting visits.